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Sweet Dreams

She fought harder, loved more and went further than most people ever dream

1985 · 1h 55m · PG-13 Drama, Music, Romance
Directed by Karel Reisz

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Overview

The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.

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All reviews
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Lange and Harris, dangerously well-matched, give us lovers whom only success could sunder.

Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

The two main performances are excellent: Lange plays the singer without a hint of condescension to her dreams of 'a big house with yellow roses', while Harris is persuasively menacing, with an inventively foul mouth.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh

Miss Lange makes herself a perfect physical extension of the vibrant, changeable, enormously expressive woman who can be heard on these recordings.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten

There isn't the sense of a well-shaped structure in this movie; there's no clear idea of what the filmmakers thought about Patsy Cline, or what thoughts her life is supposed to inspire.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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